Slíðrar
Old Norse Dictionary - slíðrar
Meaning of Old Norse word "slíðrar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word slíðrar can mean:slíðrar
- slíðrar
- f. pl. (slíðrin, n. pl., Eg. 304), [Engl. slither, sliver]; slíðr, as well as skeiðir, prop. means a lath or ‘slither,’ used to make cases for knives and swords, see Fritzner, s. v.; whence
- slíðrar
- 2. a sheath, scabbard; slíðrar, Karl. 331 (slíðrir, v. l.); sverð brugðið í miðjar slíðrar, Bs. i. 660 (slíðrir, Sturl. ii. 23 C. l. c.); slíðrirnar, Edda i. 606 (slíðrar, Ub. l. c.); ganga, draga, bregða, renna, ór slíðrum, Korm. 84, 242, Eg. 30, Band, (in a verse), Fas. i. 57 (in a verse), Orkn. (in a verse), Nj. 159, Sd. 159: in poetry names for a sword, sliðra-tunga, scabbard-tongue; sliðr-áll, scabbard-eel; slíðr-logi, ‘scabbard-lowe;’ slíðr-vöndr, sliver-wand: slíðr-dreginn, -toginn, epithets of a sword, Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛚᛁᚦᚱᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Ub.
- Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)